Not only known as Music City, USA, Nashville served as a major junction for the Louisville and Nashville, Tennessee Central, and Nashville, Chattanooga, and St. Louis as well as through service for a host of other railroads.

Do you ever wonder what is inside a locomotive, and how they run. Check out these photos from the shops to see locomotives taken apart to be repaired or rebuilt. It is cool to be able to see the hearts and organs of these steel horses.

Mainline steam trips were absent from the Southeast US from 1994 until 2011, when Norfolk Southern began allowing limited steam excursion operations. Here are trips and events I've covered associated with the '21st Century Steam' program.

The California Northern Railroad (CFNR) is my hometown shortline. As a kid, I watched the CFNR trains as they slowly passed through town and my baseball games. I have some great memories of this railroad and I still see them today.

Throughout my time as a railfan, I have traveled around the Western US gathering images of what I believe represent the 'American Railroad'. The American Railroad Album will consist of photos I have taken on my travels through the Western US.

When you say the word Saluda to some of the most senior members of Norfolk Southern crews and even those who have retired from the railroad, it still brings up images of the steepest grade on a standard gauge line in the United States at 4.24%.